USA Slow Wine Tour 2012
I stumbled across Slow Food, which is a movement that's spreading across the country. According to the website, "Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is part of a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members in over 150 countries, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment."
It turns out that they also like drinking wine too, which is why the group launched the very first Slow Wine tour right here in Chicago. According to the website, "[Slow Wine] adopts a new approach to wine criticism and looks at a variety of factors to evaluate wineries in their entirety, taking into consideration the wine quality, typicity and adherence to terroir, value for money, environmental sensitivity and ecologically sustainable viticultural practices." I have no idea what some of those words even mean, but they had me at wine tour. Since their winery evaluation system is quite unique, I've included it below.
The guide uses three symbols to evaluate each winery:
• The Snail, the Slow Food symbol, signals a cellar that has distinguished itself through its interpretation of sensorial, territorial, environmental and personal values in harmony with the Slow Food philosophy
• The Bottle, allocated to cellars that show a consistently high quality throughout their range of wines
• The Coin, an indicator of great value
Now, onto the important stuff, the wine tour information:
Where: Spiaggia, located at 980 N. Michigan Ave.
What: 100 wines from 45 Slow Wine producers
When: This Thursday, February 2, 2012
General Admission is from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: $30 for members of Slow Food USA, $35 for general admission. Admission includes a complimentary copy of the Slow Wine guide and a commemorative wine glass. To book your ticket please click here. Since the wine list was way too long to include, you can click here and download it. Cheers!
It turns out that they also like drinking wine too, which is why the group launched the very first Slow Wine tour right here in Chicago. According to the website, "[Slow Wine] adopts a new approach to wine criticism and looks at a variety of factors to evaluate wineries in their entirety, taking into consideration the wine quality, typicity and adherence to terroir, value for money, environmental sensitivity and ecologically sustainable viticultural practices." I have no idea what some of those words even mean, but they had me at wine tour. Since their winery evaluation system is quite unique, I've included it below.
The guide uses three symbols to evaluate each winery:
• The Snail, the Slow Food symbol, signals a cellar that has distinguished itself through its interpretation of sensorial, territorial, environmental and personal values in harmony with the Slow Food philosophy
• The Bottle, allocated to cellars that show a consistently high quality throughout their range of wines
• The Coin, an indicator of great value
Now, onto the important stuff, the wine tour information:
Where: Spiaggia, located at 980 N. Michigan Ave.
What: 100 wines from 45 Slow Wine producers
When: This Thursday, February 2, 2012
General Admission is from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: $30 for members of Slow Food USA, $35 for general admission. Admission includes a complimentary copy of the Slow Wine guide and a commemorative wine glass. To book your ticket please click here. Since the wine list was way too long to include, you can click here and download it. Cheers!
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Posted by ScapeGoat Ink at 1/31/2012 1:31 PM 
Categories: Booze Events
Tags: Slow Food grassroots movement Slow Wine Tour Chicago winery evaluation The snail The Bottle The coin Spiaggia Michigan Ave. February 2 2012
Categories: Booze Events
Tags: Slow Food grassroots movement Slow Wine Tour Chicago winery evaluation The snail The Bottle The coin Spiaggia Michigan Ave. February 2 2012
Also—Where were you over the weekend? No updates? Days of all of a sudden?
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